Senior Market Data Engineer: Real-Time, Low-Latency Feeds

Coinbase; Bismarck (ND); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Health benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is a remote-first company building the future of institutional trading. As a Senior Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team, you will build and operate the systems that capture, normalize, and distribute real-time market data with low latency across Coinbase's trading platform.

You will design low-latency services, collaborate with engineers and product teams, and ensure reliability and performance as you ship features end-to-end.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience building and maintaining production low-latency systems.
• Hands-on experience with at least one area of market data infrastructure (feed handlers, normalization, or distribution).
• Proficiency in low-latency Java (or C++) and familiarity with high-throughput messaging frameworks (Aeron, SBE, or similar).
• Familiarity with venue/exchange connectivity and market data protocols (FIX, ITCH/OUCH, multicast).
• Track record shipping features end-to-end and operating what you build in production.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain market data components including feed handlers, normalization pipelines, distribution systems, and venue connectivity.
• Design and implement low-latency, high-throughput services for real-time market data consumed by trading systems across the platform.
• Drive reliability and performance improvements through observability, on-call participation, and incident response.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and contribute to engineering standards on a lean team.
• Partner with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver market data capabilities that support Coinbase's institutional trading roadmap.

Skills

Backend engineering

Low-latency systems

Java or C++

Market data infrastructure

High-throughput messaging

Tools

Aeron

SBE

FIX

ITCH/OUCH

Job description

Coinbase is a remote-first company building the future of institutional trading. As a Senior Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team, you will build and operate the systems that capture, normalize, and distribute real-time market data with low latency across Coinbase's trading platform.

You will design low-latency services, collaborate with engineers and product teams, and ensure reliability and performance as you ship features end-to-end.